NBD the bass that built it'self ...slowly.

[Dom in Dorset]

Six years ago I bought a bitsa on ebay because I wanted the neck for a project I was working on. The neck ended up on the fire but the body once stripped of it's psychedelic  spray paint was a nice wine red with visible grain that I found rather pleasing. I put it to one side thinking it might come in handy one day.
Time passed and for reasons I can't remember I put bought a fretless neck , no name, looks to be well made from what looks like beech wood. It happened to be a perfect fit for the body. The body had oversized routing and regular scratchplates don't cover it. The original was by this point long gone. I put it to one side.
Time passed and my boss bought a box of interesting bits at auction including a brass precision scratch plate that was also a perfect fit.
I bought the machine heads last year , I wanted to use the original screw holes and research led me to get a set of Wilkinsons. 
The pickup came from a bass I decommissioned long before I got the body. 
Yesterday I found myself in the workshop with time to kill and It's finally complete. I call it Tom after Tom E Lewis aboriginal musician and actor that I was privileged to have played a gig with a few years ago. The gig was a total car crash but he was such a gent and as the bass is the colours of the Aboriginal flag it reminds me of him.
 

 

 

Edited August 7, 2020 by Dom in Dorset
Sometimes you just have to.

[stewblack]

Stunning! And what a story too. 

[BassApprentice]

Another fitting name would be Serendipity - I know most things will be standard size but it's fun to hear how parts just drifted together and look exactly like they were meant to be there  
Enjoy!

[Dom in Dorset]

1 hour ago, BassApprentice said:

Another fitting name would be Serendipity - I know most things will be standard size but it's fun to hear how parts just drifted together and look exactly like they were meant to be there  
Enjoy!

"Standard size" does seem to be quite flexible! I tried the neck on several other bodies and several other necks on that body , those two just found each other. It's a true Mills and Boon bass.
Note to self -get a black nut.

Edited August 7, 2020 by Dom in Dorset